VOIP + Dialup modem

[AdamSnow]

I'm just sitting here, minding my own business... and I got to thinking... What would happen, if i were to plug a dialup modem into my VOIP box that is hooked up to cable internet, and use the dialup service to connect to the internet?

What kind of connection would I have? Obviously 56K if the modem was that, but I mean - you wouldn't have to worry about crappy phone lines being an issue... I wonder if the download speeds would be any good...

Clearly I don't have a modem laying around or I would try this... But does anyone know what it would be like?

It'd be like having the internet coming through the internet... 😀 weird!! :laugh:

Maybe it wouldn't work at all... but it should... argh!!

*There actually is a legit reason for asking this... I fix a lot of computers at my house, and a lot of people don't have network cards in older machines and still use dialup... so if I wanted to test their modem, or whatever...

 

[Goosemaster]

56k works fine...used AOL on it using vonage last year.

1. don't ask me why I was using a 56k modem.😱

2. don't ask me why I was using AOL😱



:evil:

 

[bruceb]

It would work, but why bother ? ? ... You would need the Modem, Acess # to dial into, and an Account with that Dial In Connection
Plus, you probably already have High Speed Internet from the company that your VOIP is with ... and no, it won't work for a
Backup Connection .... if your VOIP or cable internet goes down, usually all of it goes down at the same time

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: bruceb
It would work, but why bother ? ? ... You would need the Modem, Acess # to dial into, and an Account with that Dial In Connection
Plus, you probably already have High Speed Internet from the company that your VOIP is with ... and no, it won't work for a
Backup Connection .... if your VOIP or cable internet goes down, usually all of it goes down at the same time

basically. I only used it because a customers AOL isntall was hsoed and I had to fix it, so I needed to constantly test it🙁


It was awful...I still have a rash from that incident🙁

 

[AdamSnow]

Exactly... Like I said in my original post, if I need to do a check on a dialup modem or test someone's dialup account... how would it work?

I'd never use it for myself... other than to be a retard... but I was just wondering how it would work, if it did work...

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Exactly... Like I said in my original post, if I need to do a check on a dialup modem or test someone's dialup account... how would it work?

I'd never use it for myself... other than to be a retard... but I was just wondering how it would work, if it did work...

modem has a d/a convertor...signal is converted from a/d to go into the voip adapter....then it hits the pots or whatever...

I ran like crap btw...all that conversion ...